TEHRAN – Iran has expressed serious concern over the provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 2803 on Gaza, saying that most of the text of the resolution is contrary to the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the resolution deprives Palestinians of their fundamental rights, especially the right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Beit ul-Moqaddas as its capital.
Resolution 2803, passed on Monday, authorizes the establishment of an International Stabilization Force (ISF) in Gaza under a 20-point plan developed by US President Donald Trump, which Trump says is aimed at ending the Israeli regime’s war in Gaza, which began in October 2023. President Trump’s plan paved the way for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that went into effect on October 10th. However, Israel has violated the ceasefire almost every day since the resolution. has come into effect.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, while expressing its support for any regional or international movement towards an end to the genocide and crimes committed by the Israeli regime against the Palestinian people and Gaza, the infusion of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, and the complete withdrawal of the Zionist occupiers, expresses serious concern about the provisions of UN Security Council resolution 2803,” the statement read.
He further said that those who adopted this resolution were turning a blind eye to the vital role and status of the United Nations, and even to the world body’s previous resolutions on Palestine. Over the past two years, the United States has vetoed all but one UN resolution calling for an end to Israeli killings in Gaza.
Palestinian resistance groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad have also harshly criticized the resolution, warning that it fails to uphold the basic rights of Palestinians and risks escalating tensions in the region.
Yemen’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also condemned the resolution, saying it ignores the fundamental rights of Palestinians, especially their right to end the occupation, ensure national self-determination, and establish an independent Palestinian state. The ministry said any plans to circumvent these rights are doomed to failure.
The resolution was passed with 13 votes in favor and two abstentions from China and Russia. The measure authorizes a Transitional Peace Council to oversee reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and an International Stabilization Force tasked with disarmament operations, including the collection of weapons and dismantling military infrastructure in the Strip.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces continue to bomb Gaza, killing hundreds of Palestinians in the past few weeks. The regime has also blocked most aid trucks from entering besieged areas where experts say hunger is widespread. They warn that aid flowing in remains slow and inadequate.
More than 80 percent of Gaza’s buildings have been destroyed, leaving large areas of the besieged territory uninhabitable, and the situation is expected to become more catastrophic as winter sets in.
Since the start of Israeli genocide in Gaza, more than 69,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed and more than 170,700 injured. However, some figures suggest the death toll could reach 300,000.